DC Rivals HyperCoaster construction discussion

[New display name]

 

This piece of track and support are new today.  Thank you for the photos.

 

@themagician That next connection looks good.

Edited April 29, 2017 by Skeeta

[Santa07]

13 minutes ago, themagician said:

Saw these on my way home this evening and wasn't sure if they were there yesterday or not. So now we know they will be doing work over the weekends. Some of these are quite low under the latest pieces of track, unless they haven't been completed yet.

I wouldn't say they're doing work over the weekends just yet - it may just be on Saturdays. Construction workers have weird schedules  . Some crews work on Saturdays (often in the morning only) and then might take another day of the week off (perhaps Monday or Friday afternoon). With Monday being a public holiday (why all the holidays now?  ) we probably won't see any work until Tuesday now, but I could be wrong.

[Brad2912]

4 hours ago, Skeeta said:

I drove past an hour ago and they were working @Brad2912 on the turn around.

Probably trying to stay on track with all these damn public holidays in the last few weeks with another on Monday 

[themagician]

@Skeeta yeah it really does, kind of reminds me of the sudden turns of jet rescue (and they are great). 

@Santa07 thankfully Monday is the last one for a while, so we will then have a clean run of construction. Maybe today's progress is to make up for Mondays public holiday

[Santa07]

I would never think I would be complaining about a public holiday... but here we are

[bladex]

this thing is getting cooler and cooler by every piece they add. but we need a name...

[themagician]

I really do hope that it the things that have been said about the details aren't allowed to be released until after May 1 (and for what ever reason that may be), MW instantly take the opportunity to announce it as soon as possible. Ideally (hopefully) they announce it next week, if not, by the end of the month.

[MickeyD]

I'm loving the twist at the top of the most recent piece before the track descends and heads Northwest.. Expect some pretty sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet  'Ejector air time' here😲 F U C K   Y E A H 😲

[themagician]

15 hours ago, ThemeTendo said:

Also thinking, in regards to some workers working on the weekend, and these supports going in. The main large crane operator didn't work, so the workers and smaller crane operator did, so they put all these lower support sin place, and then the next pieces in which go on top will get put in place Tuesday. We could probably see this section of track pieces completed by the end of next week.

[LORD_Noodle]

Looking awesome..... I've been showing the wife and kids the progress up until I seen the last photo where it banks out sideways.... I think I'll keep that to myself 👍👌

[ads086]

There's a construction site in my suburb and they work from 7am-5pm Mon-Fri then 7am-12pm Saturdays. Might be a similar schedule here.

[Whombex]

3 hours ago, LORD_Noodle said:

Looking awesome..... I've been showing the wife and kids the progress up until I seen the last photo where it banks out sideways.... I think I'll keep that to myself 👍👌

If that's in an effort to not scare the wife and kids before they ride it, good luck with that. It's got a lot 'scarier' elements to come...

Edited April 30, 2017 by Glubbo

[LORD_Noodle]

7 minutes ago, Glubbo said:

If that's in an effort to not scare the wife and kids before they ride it, good luck with that. It's got a lot 'scarier' elements to come...

Haha can't wait I'll probably be the one shitting myself in line.... but once I've done it I'd be back in line to do it again 😁 But we have noted since last time we went up not to go skydiving before going to a theme park 👍

[jack.c]

Sexy ASF 😍😍😍😍

 

- from TPSN 

Also, so far this coaster resembles no similarities to the Flash Coaster in China I feel. The picture I posted above for example, that element does not exist on Flash and neither does that Stegnel dive? Happy to be proven wrong. 

[Santa07]

28 minutes ago, jack.c said:

Sexy ASF 😍😍😍😍

 

- from TPSN 

Also, so far this coaster resembles no similarities to the Flash Coaster in China I feel. The picture I posted above for example, that element does not exist on Flash and neither does that Stegnel dive? Happy to be proven wrong. 

The element currently being built will be very similar to Flash's turnaround (pretty much identical - just probably in reverse). It also does contain a stengnel dive.

[jack.c]

21 minutes ago, Santa07 said:

The element currently being built will be very similar to Flash's turnaround (pretty much identical - just probably in reverse). It also does contain a stengnel dive.

I really don't see the similarities though? The steg is turning much more right where as flash it's going in a straight line almost  

Actually - yes I see in the turn around on flash is opposite to our one. The dive still looks very different though 

[AllegroCrab]

It's a custom layout, there are going to be some unique elements instead of just copying/pasting bits from flash.

[Tim Dasco]

Remember flash is on a giant L shape coaster. MW's Hyper is more of an M shape so the way the elements look are going to be different due to the different land in which the coaster has to fit into.

[rummy]

1 hour ago, jack.c said:

Also, so far this coaster resembles no similarities to the Flash Coaster in China I feel. The picture I posted above for example, that element does not exist on Flash and neither does that Stegnel dive? Happy to be proven wrong. 

From the little that we've seen so far I think we'll be getting a rather different ride experience to Flash - possibly towards the intenser end of the spectrum of Mack rides. Take the turnarounds for instance:

Photo taken from rcdb

Photo: @ThemeTendo

Aside from the obvious difference in direction, Flash's turnaround has a very smooth, gradual twist out of the turn. In contrast, the track placed so far at Movieworld performs a quick airtime pop into a very sudden twist. Flash's turnaround also leads into a floaty zero-g roll whereas the supports indicate this turnaround will lead into some high-pace twists and turns at its base.

I think at this stage comparisons to Flash can only give a very basic idea of what to expect - they may be similar lengths and height but they're looking like substantially different coasters in execution. Suffice to say, the more I see of this coaster the more excited I get 

[jack.c]

2 hours ago, AllegroCrab said:

It's a custom layout, there are going to be some unique elements instead of just copying/pasting bits from flash.

 I think our version is going to be much more exciting!

Edited May 1, 2017 by jack.c

[themagician]

Here's a few pictures I took this afternoon

Will also add that while I was taking these pictures, I witnessed a lady during the wrong way out of MW, and into on coming traffic. Thankfully no accident happened, and as she passed under the MW sign she turned around and went back the other way. Idiot. And there is even a massive sign saying not to go out that way

[joz]

Movie World's coaster from everything I've heard is very different to Flash.  It might hit a lot of the same notes, but the order is totally different, and there are a couple BIG awesome changes that I've not seen anyone even guess so far.  The rides aren't clones, I've decided that they are best described as 'siblings'.  Certainly a pretty strong family resemblance but also unique personalities.  While I'm sure it'll be a thing people will debate, I'll say that I think what we're getting is way better, even without that delicious looking camel back between the Stengel Dive and the turn around on Flash.

 

I'm trying to not get too hyped because that's how disappointment happens, but it's hard to envision it being anything other than awesome.  I don't think it'll beat Superman in terms of execution because that ride is about as perfectly executed a coaster as you could wish for, despite it's few flaws, and nothing on the rumour mill is filling me with confidence about this coaster's theme or placement in the park.  In terms of pure roller coaster though, this should be the pretty clear winner, and I honestly can't wait.

[jack.c]

14 minutes ago, joz said:

Movie World's coaster from everything I've heard is very different to Flash.  It might hit a lot of the same notes, but the order is totally different, and there are a couple BIG awesome changes that I've not seen anyone even guess so far.  The rides aren't clones, I've decided that they are best described as 'siblings'.  Certainly a pretty strong family resemblance but also unique personalities.  While I'm sure it'll be a thing people will debate, I'll say that I think what we're getting is way better, even without that delicious looking camel back between the Stengel Dive and the turn around on Flash.

 

I'm trying to not get too hyped because that's how disappointment happens, but it's hard to envision it being anything other than awesome.  I don't think it'll beat Superman in terms of execution because that ride is about as perfectly executed a coaster as you could wish for, despite it's few flaws, and nothing on the rumour mill is filling me with confidence about this coaster's theme or placement in the park.  In terms of pure roller coaster though, this should be the pretty clear winner, and I honestly can't wait.

Why are you not able to share any information about the elements this ride may feature? 

[themagician]

@joz could it be said that, they have taken the Flash coaster and have improved on it, and made it work for the site?

Superman is an awesome coaster, and was really does nail it is the pre-launch story. And obviously it's launch is awesome. But I hope this new coaster is just as good, even if it doesn't have a pre-show. I think it's safe to say it will be awesome, and unlike anything the majority of us have ridden before.

[BNErider]

This coaster is going to be quite low to the ground in parts. I think it's going to pack some serious speed on those low sections which supports are now going up for. I seriously can't wait. This thing just looks awesome!